Job Description

Ally and Your Career

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and thats more than some cliche people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. Youre constantly evolving, so shouldnt your opportunities be, too?

The Opportunity

As a part of the Data Solutions Support team, this individual will be responsible to build world class reporting and analytical solution for Ally's Auto Asset Management team. Also, as Senior Operations Analyst at Ally you will leverage analytic and technical skills to innovate, build, and maintain well-managed data solutions and capabilities to tackle business problems

The Work Itself

* Retrieve data from multiple data sources and build data pipelines using SQL, Python, and/or SAS
* Partner with the business to provide consultancy and translate the business needs to design and develop tools, techniques, metrics, and dashboards for insights and data visualization.
* Develop operational and analytical dashboards using Power BI/Tableau/Cognos.
* Possess Data Warehousing principals and concepts to help build reporting data marts in Oracle and Big Data.
* Advanced working knowledge of SQL, python, SAS, and Database to be able to produce and automate reports and data tables.
* Working knowledge of Big data concepts and data retrieval from Hadoop ecosystem.
* Stays current with industry trends and leads development of key data/analytics innovation platforms
* Collaborates with governance teams to design and implement common data standards to enable consistent and accurate reporting for the business
* Partner with senior management to understand and deliver key analytic solutions using Big Data to facilitate performance insights
* Ensure stability, performance and support of production reporting and meet demand for data across Analytic teams

Required:

* A Bachelor's degree in business, finance, engineering, statistics, or similar discipline with quantitative focus
* 3 - 5 years of experience in the financial services industry, with knowledge of (or exposure to) portfolio servicing operations in consumer finance
* 5+ years of relevant work experience in analytics, data engineering, business intelligence, or related field
* Experience with SQL, data warehousing, statistical analysis tools, and data visualization tools like Power BI, Cognos or Tableau; experience extracting and processing data using SQL, python, SAS, and Excel
* Working knowledge of visualization libraries in python (e.g. bokeh, flask, etc.)
* Experience gathering business requirements, using industry standard business intelligence tools to extract data, formulate metrics and build reports
* Analytical drive to break down complex problems, and a strong will to deliver results
* Ability to deal with ambiguity and competing objectives in a fast-paced environment
* Ability to display complex quantitative data in a simple, intuitive format and to present findings in a clear and concise manner
* Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills and an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams
* Quick learner and critical thinker with demonstrated ability to initiate, develop and execute small to medium scale projects
* Work well within a team of analysts and collaborate with individuals with technical and non-technical backgrounds
* Ability to work effectively in fast paced environment with tight deadlines

Preferred:

* Advance (Masters/Doctoral) Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics discipline
* 7+ years of relevant work experience in analytics, data engineering, business intelligence, or related field
* Advanced knowledge in developing queries and procedures in python, SAS (ex. EG) and SQL
* Working knowledge of visualization and dashboard deployment using python bokeh, flask, or similar tools
* Background in statistics methodology, applications to business problems
* Experience using Python or a similar programming language to analyze data
* Experience designing and implementing custom reporting and visualizations using BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, MicroStrategy, Business Objects, etc.)
* Experience in Big Data Hadoop framework and utilizing open source tech stack to query data
* Experience in scripting languages for parsing and data analysis

How Well Have Your Back

Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. But Allys total compensation or total rewards extends beyond your paycheck and is designed to support and enrich your personal and professional life, including:

* Time Away: competitive holiday and flexible paid-time-off, including time off for volunteering and voting.
* Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan and 529 educational assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, and other financial well-being programs.
* Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including dental and vision, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally and financially.
* Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy, and fertility support as well as parental and caregiver leave, back-up child and adult/elder day care program and child care discounts.
* Work-Life Integration: other benefits including LifeMatters Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers program and other employee discount programs.

Who We Are

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at work@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.